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House Calendar No. 142 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 859 

[Report No. 114–742] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5620) to amend title 38, United 

States Code, to provide for the removal or demotion of employees of 

the Department of Veterans Affairs based on performance or misconduct, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016 

Mr. COLLINS of Georgia, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following 

resolution; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5620) to amend 

title 38, United States Code, to provide for the removal 

or demotion of employees of the Department of Veterans 

Affairs based on performance or misconduct, and for 

other purposes. 

1 Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this reso2 lution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule 

3 XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of 

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1 ation of the bill (H.R. 5620) to amend title 38, United 

2 States Code, to provide for the removal or demotion of 

3 employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs based 

4 on performance or misconduct, and for other purposes. 

5 The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All 

6 points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. 

7 General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not 

8 exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair 

9 and ranking minority member of the Committee on Vet10 erans’ Affairs. After general debate the bill shall be con11 sidered for amendment under the five-minute rule. The bill 

12 shall be considered as read. All points of order against 

13 provisions in the bill are waived. No amendment to the 

14 bill shall be in order except those printed in the report 

15 of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution. 

16 Each such amendment may be offered only in the order 

17 printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member 

18 designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall 

19 be debatable for the time specified in the report equally 

20 divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, 

21 shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be sub22 ject to a demand for division of the question in the House 

23 or in the Committee of the Whole. All points of order 

24 against such amendments are waived. At the conclusion 

25 of consideration of the bill for amendment the Committee 


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1 shall rise and report the bill to the House with such 

2 amendments as may have been adopted. The previous 

3 question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and 

4 amendments thereto to final passage without intervening 

5 motion except one motion to recommit with or without in6 structions. 


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House Calendar No. 142 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 859 

[Report No. 114–742] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5620) 

formance or misconduct, and for other purposes. Department of Veterans Affairs based on perfor the removal or demotion of employees of the to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide 

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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